Inara is the fastest on our team...regularly running in the low 4's. She's built for speed and quick turns. Xander and Sawyer run in the mid to high 4's. Ripley when he was running ran in the mid 5's...he's not built for this...he jumped high and didn't have much drive.

We have a whole mess of breeds on our team...and they run from the mid 7's to the low 4's. The standard poodles run from mid 5's to mid 7's. We have a keeshond that runs in the mid 6's. We have an AmStaff that runs in the high 4's. And so on.

"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo

"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw

Inara is the fastest on our team...regularly running in the low 4's. She's built for speed and quick turns. Xander and Sawyer run in the mid to high 4's. Ripley when he was running ran in the mid 5's...he's not built for this...he jumped high and didn't have much drive.

We have a whole mess of breeds on our team...and they run from the mid 7's to the low 4's. The standard poodles run from mid 5's to mid 7's. We have a keeshond that runs in the mid 6's. We have an AmStaff that runs in the high 4's. And so on.

Inara is the fastest on our team...regularly running in the low 4's. She's built for speed and quick turns. Xander and Sawyer run in the mid to high 4's. Ripley when he was running ran in the mid 5's...he's not built for this...he jumped high and didn't have much drive.

We have a whole mess of breeds on our team...and they run from the mid 7's to the low 4's. The standard poodles run from mid 5's to mid 7's. We have a keeshond that runs in the mid 6's. We have an AmStaff that runs in the high 4's. And so on.

Mid 5's...nothing to sneeze about! I'd love to have some mid-5's dogs. Our team is getting older and slower. And if he's starting there, he'll just get faster as he gains more confidence.

What are you using right now for his reward? If he likes tugs but also likes treats...have you tried a tug that you can put food into? That's what I'm using for Score to wean him off the treats that we originally used. I'd like to get him on just a tug eventually.

Do you do any handler runs with him? Have someone else handle him right up by the box...and you stand right next to the box. Once he's released to go to the box, you take off running down the side of the jumps...and he has to whip off the box and catch up to you at the end.

"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo

"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw

Oh I've done quite a few of these and of course Earl runs like the wind after Dad

Those tug treats sound like a great idea. Earl is pretty food motivated and a toy combined with food just might be the ticket

Thanks for the idea

Do you do any handler runs with him? Have someone else handle him right up by the box...and you stand right next to the box. Once he's released to go to the box, you take off running down the side of the jumps...and he has to whip off the box and catch up to you at the end.

Those tug treats sound like a great idea. Earl is pretty food motivated and a toy combined with food just might be the ticket

Thanks for the idea

Do you do any handler runs with him? Have someone else handle him right up by the box...and you stand right next to the box. Once he's released to go to the box, you take off running down the side of the jumps...and he has to whip off the box and catch up to you at the end.

The treat tugs are nice too...because you can toss them past you, so they don't learn to stop right at you...and slow down.

"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo

"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw

I should mention that I've seen some REALLY gangly tall dogs turn in some REALLY fast times.

There is a Rhodesian ridgeback (Beep Beep) that used to run up in NJ, but is now in NC. He's really tall and skinny...built more like a sighthound than the stocky ones I see around here. That tall drink of water turns in low 4's...with an awesome box turn! Looks like he could take two hurdles in one leap.

There used to be a small Great Dane running in NC...box turn, mid 4's times.